North Side Valley Boys

Public Safety

4:59 pm

Thu August 22, 2013

Wendell McCain's father holds up court papers and says his son, a defendant in the case (in red), is not part of the Hidden Valley Kings and was never part of the gang. To the right of McCain is Cordell Blair, another named defendant in the case.

Mecklenburg County is the first in North Carolina to invoke a new law that allows police departments to prevent gang members from associating with each other in public or being near someone who is carrying drugs or guns.

A judge Thursday morning granted CMPD's request for a civil injunction against a north Charlotte gang called the Hidden Valley Kings.